And to be honest, Witt, the whole "start with the base model" thing is up for grabs. I have a pair of mercenary Renegade warjacks that actually used a Cygnar Lancer jack as the main base for the model. I have played in multiple tournaments, including a few Gencon ones, and have never had them refused.

Its written into the conversion rules themselves that TO's can always allow any conversion they see. Bottom line, at the end of the day TO's are gamers like us. They will allow almost anything as long as its not TOTALLY out in left field.